On RFD-TV: Milos Zaric

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Today, we’re joined by Dr. Milos Zaric assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Dr. Zaric leads the Precision Application Technology Lab at the West Central Research, Extension and Education Center in North Platte. He’s here to discuss the importance of pesticide application technologies and how Nebraska producers can benefit from more efficient, sustainable solutions.

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[00:00:00.000]Well, the University of
[00:00:01.000]Nebraska-Lincoln, helping
[00:00:02.520]producers optimize their pesticide
[00:00:05.060]application.
[00:00:05.680]They have a number of
[00:00:06.570]management resources and also
[00:00:07.970]training opportunities to
[00:00:09.330]enhance
[00:00:09.860]decision-making in the field.
[00:00:11.340]Assistant Professor Dr. Milos
[00:00:13.420]Zaric joins us now for an
[00:00:14.900]update.
[00:00:15.640]Thank you for being here. You
[00:00:17.100]have an incredible background.
[00:00:18.800]From what I hear,
[00:00:19.820]you grew up on a small family
[00:00:21.490]farm in Serbia. Speak to that a
[00:00:23.480]little bit.
[00:00:25.060]Well, definitely grateful to be
[00:00:26.970]here and good morning everyone.
[00:00:28.980]Just a little bit about,
[00:00:31.320]we are doing actually a lot of
[00:00:32.920]research and extension efforts
[00:00:34.740]within University of Nebraska
[00:00:36.500]that everything leads toward
[00:00:38.090]the optimized application
[00:00:39.470]parameters. Yes, I grew up
[00:00:41.160]originally
[00:00:41.520]from Serbia, where I actually
[00:00:43.340]got the first instance about
[00:00:44.850]how we apply different products
[00:00:46.740]and to increase the awareness
[00:00:48.020]to get the maximum out of the
[00:00:49.180]every single product that we
[00:00:50.460]are
[00:00:50.680]actually applying out in the
[00:00:52.280]field. That's actually really
[00:00:53.970]what triggered me to start
[00:00:55.040]to get into this one, to learn
[00:00:56.850]about how we optimize a lot of
[00:00:58.480]different things and to pretty
[00:01:00.300]much help growers as well, and
[00:01:02.170]as well our custom and the
[00:01:03.660]private applicators to make
[00:01:05.500]informed
[00:01:05.840]decisions. Well, now you are,
[00:01:07.490]of course, leading a research
[00:01:09.190]extension program in Nebraska
[00:01:10.880]and
[00:01:11.160]focusing on these pesticide
[00:01:12.680]application technologies. Maybe
[00:01:14.810]you can share a little
[00:01:15.880]bit, Dr. Zaric, about your
[00:01:17.440]research and what it looks like
[00:01:19.000]there in Nebraska.
[00:01:20.100]Yes, typically when we are
[00:01:21.770]doing a lot of research
[00:01:23.200]objectives, we are doing a lot
[00:01:25.020]of
[00:01:25.020]different things. We are
[00:01:26.270]actually looking to fullify
[00:01:27.250]three different things, to
[00:01:28.160]maximize
[00:01:28.620]products that we will be
[00:01:30.060]applying out in the field to
[00:01:31.760]mitigate as much as possible
[00:01:33.300]undesirable
[00:01:33.940]effect of all of those
[00:01:34.940]applications and everything
[00:01:36.380]else. The big part of things
[00:01:37.830]that we are at least
[00:01:38.760]doing there, we are testing a
[00:01:40.190]lot of different nozzle types,
[00:01:41.750]products, and different spray
[00:01:43.460]additives that actually goes
[00:01:45.090]within those applications and
[00:01:46.790]help our stakeholders to
[00:01:48.240]make decisions on the best of
[00:01:49.870]their own. Well, I know that
[00:01:51.630]you're not just doing all of
[00:01:53.360]this
[00:01:53.520]research. You're also leading a
[00:01:54.130]research extension program in
[00:01:54.620]Nebraska. Yes, I'm leading a
[00:01:55.000]research
[00:01:55.000]extension program in Nebraska.
[00:01:55.020]You're also leading a research
[00:01:55.030]extension program in Nebraska.
[00:01:55.050]You're
[00:01:55.120]very active in extension. Maybe
[00:01:57.150]you can speak to that side of
[00:01:59.060]your work and what you do there.
[00:02:00.840]Yes, definitely. One of the big
[00:02:02.890]ongoing opportunities right now
[00:02:04.900]that is funded through
[00:02:06.100]Nebraska Corn Board is actually
[00:02:07.850]the Pest Academy or the Precision
[00:02:09.650]Education Spray Technologies.
[00:02:11.640]When we are looking over the
[00:02:13.360]next year to have six full
[00:02:14.930]sessions, two and a half day of
[00:02:16.860]the efforts
[00:02:17.580]that actually will be bringing
[00:02:19.890]custom and the private applicators
[00:02:21.940]out within our lab to get
[00:02:23.480]the training about all of the
[00:02:24.980]decisions that we are making.
[00:02:24.980]So, I think it's a very, very
[00:02:24.980]important for us to be making
[00:02:25.870]the decisions that we are
[00:02:26.610]making out in the field and to
[00:02:27.340]improve those
[00:02:27.880]for the moving forward for the
[00:02:29.470]future. Absolutely. It is clear
[00:02:31.480]that your work is going to be
[00:02:32.480]helping
[00:02:32.780]a lot of producers become more
[00:02:34.040]resilient and more sustainable.
[00:02:35.560]You know, a lot of people go,
[00:02:37.200]"When can I get my hands on
[00:02:38.170]this? Where can I get all this
[00:02:39.390]information that you're doing
[00:02:40.840]there in
[00:02:41.900]the lab?" Where can people go
[00:02:43.550]to find out more information?
[00:02:45.380]So, the best way will be
[00:02:46.880]visiting
[00:02:47.320]our pat.unl.edu, our official
[00:02:49.890]web page, but as well, people
[00:02:52.030]can reach out to our local
[00:02:53.760]extension office,
[00:02:54.960]as well, that you're fortunate
[00:02:56.250]to have across the state, and
[00:02:57.750]people can actually get easier
[00:02:59.060]hold of
[00:02:59.520]us even in that way. Doing some
[00:03:01.000]great work there. We do
[00:03:02.070]appreciate you taking the time
[00:03:03.400]out of your
[00:03:03.940]busy day, that is, to join us
[00:03:05.440]here. Dr. Miloš Zarić, thank
[00:03:07.340]you again with University of
[00:03:08.840]Nebraska-Lincoln.

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